Amelia Mary Hewes was born in March 1848 at Massachusetts.² She married Edgar L. Cilley, son of Ebenezer Currier Cilley and Phebe Ann Cilley, on 31 August 1872.³
     Amelia Mary Hewes was also known as Amelia Hews.³ Amelia Mary Hewes and Edgar L. Cilley had two children.³
     Amelia Mary Hewes and Edgar L. Cilley appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, enumerated 12 June 1880, Edgar, 31, New Hampshire, is a machinist; his wife Mary A, 32, Massachusetts, is keeping house; household members are Annie, Francis a brother of Edgar, and Phebe, his mother. Also a servant Mary Lenigan and a boarder Charles Taylor. They reside at 32 Northern St.⁴
     Amelia Mary Hewes appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Lowell enumerated 11 June 1900, Mary, 52, Massachusetts, widow, is a milliner at a store; household members are Annie, Edgar, Osborn and Dura; they reside at 164 Holyrood Ave.² As of 11 June 1900, Amelia Mary Hewes had 4 children, 4 of which were living.² As of 16 May 1910, Amelia Mary Hewes had 4 children, 2 of which were living.¹
     Amelia Mary Hewes appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Lowell in the household of Osborn H. Cilley and Blanche Ellen Cover, she is 62 years old, born in Maine, a widow.¹